Households to enjoy electricity tariff discount until May 31
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its
regular meeting on December 31, the Cabinet decided to provide electricity tariff
discounts to households until May 31, 2022, Minister of Energy N.Tavinbekh announced
following the meeting.
Specifically, up to 350 kW for
ger area households and up to 250 kW of electricity bills for apartment
households will be exempted and any excess bills will not be subject to the
decision.
To mitigate the economic
impact of the pandemic, households and enterprises have been fully exempt from electricity
and other utility bills from December 1, 2020 to this day, during which MNT 890
billion funding has been provided.
The discounts are limited on
account of the increased load of the energy sector and the average electricity
consumption of households is 250-350 kW. The Minister emphasized that 73
percent of all households will be able to be fully exempt from their electricity
bills.
The discounts will be provided
with funding from major mining projects and programs as instructed by the Prime
Minister.